Lowther was a single man, 5'10 in height. His occupation was a farm servant and he lived at Evening Hall, Huyisty, Carlisle. Lowther applied to join the police on 4th November 1905 and was appointed to South Shields Borough Police on the 5th November 1905, aged 22 years, 7 months. On the 5th July 1915 he resigned to join HMF as Pte 19639 in the Border Regiment, 11th Battalion. On the 28th April 1916, Lowther entered France, he was wounded in action on the 1st July 1916, receiving a gun shot wound to his right leg. On the 28th August 1916, he received a gunshot wound to his left arm and on the 7th September 1916 he was wounded again, receiving shrapnel wounds to his right arm and leg, which developed tetanus. He also became deaf in his right ear. On the 8th September 1916 he was taken to hospital in Etaples, he was then forwarded to England for treatment and admitted to a War Hospital in East Leeds on the 11th September. Recovering, Lowther transferred to Pte 228483 in the Labour Corps, enlisting on the 28th July 1917 he was attached to 556th Home Service Employment Company and stationed at Prescot where he supported military bases and hospitals in that area. On the 26th June 918, he transferred again as Pte 78300 in the Welsh Regiment, then again on the 31st July 1918 as Pte 145739 in the RAMC, when he was posted to Blackpool. On the 16th August 1918, Lowther went to 1st Training Battalion, RAMC and was attached to Agricultural Distribution Centre, The Castle, Carlise. He served there up until the 8th November 1918, when he was posted again to 1st Training Battalion, RAMC Edinburgh, number 13 Company, for duty at a Military Hospital in Perth. On the 23rd June 1919, Lowther went to the dispersal area in Edinburgh and was examined for a war pension due to the injuries received in action. Doctors found he was deaf in his right ear, there was a small shrapnel scar on his elbow and right upper arm, he also had a weakness to his back especially in the cold weather. He was graded as less than 20% for his pension and awarded 5/6d per week for 52 weeks from 23rd July 1919. On the 22nd July 1919, he was transferred to Army Reserve. Lowther’s police file has him recorded as medically unfit for further police service due to war service, gratuity granted. (Information researched and kindly provided by John Grainger)